BREAKER OF INFINITIES 3-120
Chapter: 3
Thanks for reading Kill Six Billion Demons.
The comic will be on hiatus until the end of January 2022 as I am very shortly expecting the birth of my first child.
I have some short thoughts regarding this update you can read on my twitter here (it’s also the best place to follow for updates w/ the comic and schedule). See you then!
The “thank you for reading kill six billion demons” message at the beginning of the writers comment gave me a miniature heart attack that this was the end of the entire story. But on reflection that’d actually be kinda ballsy enough to like, so, lmao.
Holy crap on the stuff thats happened today in the comic, just a friggin rollercoaster. Overjoyed to see Maya again and at the edge of my seat about literally everything else.
Congratulations on the baby!! I wish your family wonderful health and good times.
“the thank you for reading kill six billion demons message at the beginning of the writers comment gave me a miniature heart attack that this was the end of the entire story..”
dude/sis/what ever..i think you jinxt it.
It pains me to wait, but thank you for all your hard work in providing us this story and the entire experience.
Though I will be vibrating with anticipation, take as much time as you need. You and your mate will need all the rest you can get very soon.
What the fuck is happening
Epic shit, that’s what
oh, these last few updates have hurt and hurt and *hurt*. I’ve been compelled to keep reading because the writing is awesome and the comic is beautiful, but oh my *goodness* the past few pages have made me cry. It’s the sort of emptiness and hopelessness that leaves a soul shattered, you know?
Well done, Abaddon. I’ve debated back and forth about whether I wanted to leave a comment at all, but this… This work has moved me deeply, and I have been deeply invested in its characters, in the *reality* of each of them, in how much like *people* they feel. Thank you so much for writing this comic. I trust in you to take us to its end, and for both the journey and the finale to be well worth it.
Ah! And congratulations on your kid, as has been said already. Good fortune and well wishes to your family. May time smile and your foes falter.
Big sad for Cio.
All the best for you and the family.
What’s everyone guessing the trope mentioned in the tweet is? I’m guessing it has to do with Jadis, and the difficulty of writing a character who is truly omniscient.
(i mean it’s probably actually related to Cio’s death (or lack thereof?) but my guess is more interesting)
I guess the trope is that bereavement flips the protagonist into invincible-badass mode. Don’t think Allison works like that.
The other possibility, which I’m trying hard not to think about, is the trope that principal characters can’t really die. Abbadon said in a podcast how much he admires authors who subvert that.
Don’t really get that either. Here’s some that come to mind:
Plot armor: Protagonists can’t die. Might mean that Cio /and possibly more/ is actually dead.
Fridged character as motivation: The entire plot somewhat was about this (Allison trying to rescue her not-boyfriend), but you can expand that to a dead character as well, possibly some sort of power-up and/or revenge motivation.
Bury your gays: You’re gay, you die.
Deus-ex-machina: Jadis (with Allison) pulls some sort of stunt that fixes everything instantly. Rainbows ever after.
Heroic sacrifice: The protagonists essentially die one after another towards the finale to defeat the antagonists.
… probably some more. The way I see it you can basically read into that whatever you want. Personally, don’t really see any problem with that chapter of the story, so no idea what this preemptively tries to denounce.
Of course, Cio was a major part of Allison’s plot armour. That’s why she had to die. And if she comes back at all, it can’t be until Allison has has outgrown the plot armour.
I don’t know which one he’s referring to, but on Twitter people are getting mad at him for apparently using the “Bury Your Gays” trope, which makes homosexual characters more expendable than straight characters — which is ridiculous, considering that Cio is far from the only homosexual character, and definitely not the only character to die in this chapter.
Congrats Abbadon!
interesting little thing. The hand jadis offered her was one you would grab with your right hand. the one allison is missing. wondering if it meant anything.
I just saw the other stuff, and now I’m hearing news of your kid? Awesomesauce! Take all the time you need, Mr. Abbadon!
Congrats, mysterious storyteller.
seems like alison took the sword cio made, unless it melted too. that bodes.
Well, shit has only begun indeed. Also congratulations!
Goodbye Cio. There should be flowers. You deserve a drift of petals yards deep.
congrats on having sex at least once!
(good thing i’m an RSS reader or I may have missed some pages)
I love the way the comic is wrapping up! Too many webcomics just go on until the author fades into nothing
It’s not wrapping up. We’re just getting started, like the Blood God said.
Five Directions
Two pulled into A Banishing Sphere.
Battling at the Disc of Throne.
Two Cast into the Void,
Homeland of Black and White Flames.
Two Crossing swords upon Incandescent shores,
Demonstrating understanding of their Master’s Teachings.
Two Transversing the Dimensions.
Can Jadis divine a path for Allison to tread ?
Be there time for time stop – a time for heroines to heal ?
A time to find Resolve ?
One, alone in her Multitudes
The Web of Being / Welcome New Player !
Oh How IS it – that from Intimate Embraces,
Spirit arrives from Cosmic Spaces,
Incarnating…
In sinew and flesh taking root,
Oh my Gosh – what a hoot.
And just HOW in Under a year,
is it that – a new One shall Appear ?
What a Mystery !
From Many, comes the One.
You – you will be Gifted
from Each who gave.
Yes you are a Wonder.
Welcome to this stage.
We shall count your Fingers,
and your Toes.
Do Make sure no one steals your Nose.
You will make many Faces.
You will find many Graces.
You will explore many Places.
Please Excuse we who Marvel,
For all we Know is that you will arrive.
And at the start, you’ll have a Name.
This is how your Story begins.
First there were Two,
And Then – there’s You.
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“We Welcome You,
We Welcome You,
Be One of Us,
One of Us !”
Did anyone else see several updates posted at once? I went to the site and opened the page to Cio getting diced the “update” after Martial Arts Daddy’s big ball o’Doom.
Ya, had nothing for quite a while, then got a bunch yesterday, then the last few bits today. Dunno whether this was on purpose or I somehow kept overlooking the new pages …
A baby! Who’d you rather cut the umbilical cord? Incubus or Maya?
Oh my. Oh myyyy. That was… intense. A chasm in the sky. Regenerating Incubus with all his merciless wit. Cio’s death. Maya’s retribution. Spectra Jadis (never even suspected her to be that cute, even from the book’s cover). Lots of things to ponder over.
Congratulations to the author and his family! May they reach Concordance and be otherwise blessed. The long hiatus is a fine point to reread this terrifying battle sequence… Or probably all the books, who knows for what time that would be? A third, a fourth?
I truly adore this comic.
Awesome pages, and congrats on the baby!
Congratulations and good luck on your immanent fatherhood!
That’s a hell of a cliffhanger, should I say!
Congratulations on the imminent form of life soon to be upon you. May the nine realms bless them with luck and a happy life.
Congratulations!
Looking forward to more of your wonderful comic, but don’t rush it.
Congratulations on your child, man.
We’ll be waiting patiently.